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Silence disrupts surveillance probe

A police investigation into controversial surveillance carried out by the US Embassy in Oslo has been stymied by the investigators' inability to question the...

Plaque marks friendship with Chile

Chile is celebrating its bicentennial this year, and the country's ambassador to Norway, Juan Anibal Barria, found that a fitting occasion to celebrate relations...

Støre condemns document leaks

UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre downplayed revelations from leaked US diplomatic documents on Monday, and condemned that they'd been made public by...

WikiLeaks unveils embassy documents

Norwegian media were reporting Sunday night that among the tens of thousands of diplomatic documents revealed by WikiLeaks, more than 700 were sent from...

Data retention veto may hurt

If Norwegian politicians veto an EU-directive on data retention, the country may find itself out of favor with EU officials in Brussels. Norway's Labour...

‘No permission given’ for US surveillance

Justice Minister Knut Storberget shared what he's learned so far about a controversial US Embassy surveillance program in Oslo with members of  the Norwegian...

Storberget’s seven-point plan

Justice Minister Knut Storberget tackled a US Embassy surveillance scandal in Parliament on Wednesday, and offered seven proposed measures for trying to limit such...

King to attend all Nobel events

While China is trying to pressure other countries into boycotting this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Norway's King Harald V has made it clear...

‘Police knew about surveillance’

The US Embassy told Oslo's police chief about its then-new surveillance program when it was being launched 10 years ago, reports newspaper Aftenposten. That...

Surveillance concerns spread

The leader of the parliament's justice committee is calling for an investigation into whether other embassies or foreign missions in Norway are conducting illegal...
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